I can't believe it took you this long to discover Fink. :-)
It's not that I haven't heard of it or macports, it's that I haven't really found a need until now.
Re:Follow Hacker News from the Console
by tlrobinson on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @02:18PM
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It's also available in MacPorts and Fink, I believe.
I can't believe it took me this long to realize it's not included.